Why Do People Believe Cats are Psychic?

The belief that cats have innate psychic abilities is a belief held by many people. The cat goddesses Bast and Sekhmet of ancient Egypt may be responsible for this. Or, maybe it was born of more modern times because cats tend to have psychic hallucinations after eating catnip. Whatever the beginnings, when a cat owner asks me how to determine the psychic ability of her cat, I ask her whether or not her cat knows she’s pondering this. If the cat does not know, he is not psychic. But, if the cat is aware of the question, further testing is in order.

10 Reasons a Cat Brings Home Live Prey

Why does a cat bring home live prey? Why not.

If that's not a good enough answer, how about these?

1. He needs to put up mouse and squirrel preserves for the winter
2. He doesn’t know the words to the song the bird in the yard is singing
3. He can’t get to the store to buy an appropriate gift for his human
4. He’s tired of being compared to his big-cat cousins
5. Faux fur mice don’t taste as good
6. Peer pressure
7. He wants to impress his girlfriend
8. Because he can
9. He quit smoking and needs a new vice
10. It’s more exciting than bringing home dead prey

Comments? Questions? More reasons? Let me know.

Jester
Director of Cat Stuff